Florence girl wins prestigious AHG award

10:14 AM,
Jul. 22, 2013

Maria Platt is just the 80th girl in the nation to earn the AHG Stars and Stripes Award.

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Maria Platt, 18, of Florence, recently earned the highest recognition the American Heritage Girls offers to girls, the Stars and Stripes Award. In addition to living out the AHG creed and oath, award recipients have completed a number of requirements to achieve this honor, including:

? earning a total of 16 merit badges

? earning the religious recognition associated with their denomination ...